Rebecca Sun
@therebeccasun.bsky.social
Journalist, formerly of The Hollywood Reporter, Sportico and Sports Illustrated
The power and importance of local journalism: SF mayor's office repeatedly ignored a resident's warnings about his hastily appointed supervisor, so @missionlocal.org @sfstandard.com @sfchronicle.com and @sfexaminer.bsky.social did their homework for them.
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The making and unmaking of Beya Alcaraz: A strange and terrible saga
A near-total vetting failure by the mayor’s office put a political neophyte in an impossible position. It was a crucial misstep for Daniel Lurie.
missionlocal.org
November 17, 2025 at 7:20 PM
The power and importance of local journalism: SF mayor's office repeatedly ignored a resident's warnings about his hastily appointed supervisor, so @missionlocal.org @sfstandard.com @sfchronicle.com and @sfexaminer.bsky.social did their homework for them.
missionlocal.org/2025/11/the-...
missionlocal.org/2025/11/the-...
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if knowingly starving millions of americans while he builds a gilded ballroom isn't cause for revolution then i'm not sure what is
October 29, 2025 at 9:06 PM
if knowingly starving millions of americans while he builds a gilded ballroom isn't cause for revolution then i'm not sure what is
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This was just posted by a CBS News producer on their Instagram stories.
October 29, 2025 at 9:44 PM
This was just posted by a CBS News producer on their Instagram stories.
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The U.S. has reached the “feed the people through trick or treating” level of collapse.
Numerous organizations are calling on people to hand out nonperishable food items along with candy on Halloween as SNAP is set to expire and the Trump administration refuses to use emergency funds as a stopgap.
www.goodmorningamerica.com/living/story...
www.goodmorningamerica.com/living/story...
With SNAP cuts looming, some suggest handing out nonperishables to trick-or-treaters
Nonprofits and content creators are sharing helpful Halloween trick-or-treat ideas ahead of expected SNAP cuts.
www.goodmorningamerica.com
October 30, 2025 at 12:46 AM
The U.S. has reached the “feed the people through trick or treating” level of collapse.
Happy Monday to all countries except the only seven in the world without federal paid parental leave:
1) Papua New Guinea
2) Palau
3) Tonga
4) Micronesia
5) the Marshall Islands
6) Nauru
7) the United States of America 🇺🇸
1) Papua New Guinea
2) Palau
3) Tonga
4) Micronesia
5) the Marshall Islands
6) Nauru
7) the United States of America 🇺🇸
October 27, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Happy Monday to all countries except the only seven in the world without federal paid parental leave:
1) Papua New Guinea
2) Palau
3) Tonga
4) Micronesia
5) the Marshall Islands
6) Nauru
7) the United States of America 🇺🇸
1) Papua New Guinea
2) Palau
3) Tonga
4) Micronesia
5) the Marshall Islands
6) Nauru
7) the United States of America 🇺🇸
Much respect to local journalists Erin Thompson, Jeff Helminiak, Jake Dye and Chloe Pleznac for making the principled and incredibly challenging choice -- especially in this economy, especially in this industry downturn.
In this climate, integrity is heroism.
alaskapublic.org/news/politic...
In this climate, integrity is heroism.
alaskapublic.org/news/politic...
Staff at 3 Alaska newspapers quit after owners give in to pressure from Republican lawmaker
Much of the staff behind the Kenai Peninsula Clarion, the Homer News and the Juneau Empire resigned Monday, citing owner Carpenter Media's decision to edit a story without consulting them.
alaskapublic.org
October 6, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Much respect to local journalists Erin Thompson, Jeff Helminiak, Jake Dye and Chloe Pleznac for making the principled and incredibly challenging choice -- especially in this economy, especially in this industry downturn.
In this climate, integrity is heroism.
alaskapublic.org/news/politic...
In this climate, integrity is heroism.
alaskapublic.org/news/politic...
Extremely honored to be invited on @vox.com's excellent Today, Explained podcast to discuss some of the ideas on my Substack post about #KPopDemonHunters. Vox's explanatory journalism has been a major inspiration for my newsletter, so this meant a lot to me.
open.spotify.com/episode/62wW...
open.spotify.com/episode/62wW...
KPop Demon Hunters keeps slaying
open.spotify.com
October 5, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Extremely honored to be invited on @vox.com's excellent Today, Explained podcast to discuss some of the ideas on my Substack post about #KPopDemonHunters. Vox's explanatory journalism has been a major inspiration for my newsletter, so this meant a lot to me.
open.spotify.com/episode/62wW...
open.spotify.com/episode/62wW...
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UPDATE: The man ICE violently arrested has been identified as Job Arias-Mendoza. Two weeks ago he published a video to his social media accounts of ICE handcuffing a man in front of a liquor store—it has more than 200,000 views on TikTok. streetcarsuburbs.news/arias-mendoz...
NEW: ICE agents violently arrested a man in a busy Hyattsville, MD intersection this week, at one point brandishing guns and pointing them at bystanders.
I spoke to multiple witnesses—including a local priest whose church is a sanctuary for undocumented people: www.thehandbasket.co/p/ice-agents...
I spoke to multiple witnesses—including a local priest whose church is a sanctuary for undocumented people: www.thehandbasket.co/p/ice-agents...
September 27, 2025 at 4:03 AM
UPDATE: The man ICE violently arrested has been identified as Job Arias-Mendoza. Two weeks ago he published a video to his social media accounts of ICE handcuffing a man in front of a liquor store—it has more than 200,000 views on TikTok. streetcarsuburbs.news/arias-mendoz...
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More workers were abducted today than pretty much any other single day over the course of the months-long federal occupation of Los Angeles.
We are still under siege. There is no other choice but to organize and fight back. Look out for one another and defend your neighbors!
We are still under siege. There is no other choice but to organize and fight back. Look out for one another and defend your neighbors!
DAILY MEMO: Feds Abduct At Least 23 Workers Today, Highest in Weeks
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@eltragon.bsky.social
If you appreciate reporting like this, please consider becoming a monthly or yearly member of L.A. TACO so we can continue to bring you this vital information.
@eltragon.bsky.social
September 27, 2025 at 5:08 AM
More workers were abducted today than pretty much any other single day over the course of the months-long federal occupation of Los Angeles.
We are still under siege. There is no other choice but to organize and fight back. Look out for one another and defend your neighbors!
We are still under siege. There is no other choice but to organize and fight back. Look out for one another and defend your neighbors!
BREAKING: @jimmykimmellive.bsky.social's suspension lifts this Tuesday, but the work to protect our media from becoming tools of authoritarianism continues.
I wrote about the context behind the whole affair in my most recent Substack post, over the weekend:
rebeccasun.substack.com/p/understand...
I wrote about the context behind the whole affair in my most recent Substack post, over the weekend:
rebeccasun.substack.com/p/understand...
Understanding the Quiet Part(s) Behind Jimmy Kimmel's Suspension
A tangled web of media consolidation, authoritarian encroachment and online nihilsm.
rebeccasun.substack.com
September 22, 2025 at 8:18 PM
BREAKING: @jimmykimmellive.bsky.social's suspension lifts this Tuesday, but the work to protect our media from becoming tools of authoritarianism continues.
I wrote about the context behind the whole affair in my most recent Substack post, over the weekend:
rebeccasun.substack.com/p/understand...
I wrote about the context behind the whole affair in my most recent Substack post, over the weekend:
rebeccasun.substack.com/p/understand...
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a good arbiter of how close we are to bad hybrid regime shit is if the political comedy shows start getting pulled for whatever reason
January 23, 2025 at 5:36 AM
a good arbiter of how close we are to bad hybrid regime shit is if the political comedy shows start getting pulled for whatever reason
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the problem with media corporations negotiating with fascists is that the negotiation is never over.
this is quite genuinely insane, and I want to believe the backlash to this will be severe
ABC Pulls Jimmy Kimmel Off Air for Charlie Kirk Comments
www.nytimes.com
September 17, 2025 at 11:02 PM
the problem with media corporations negotiating with fascists is that the negotiation is never over.
First Colbert, now Kimmel.
ABC has pulled Jimmy Kimmel Live! off the air "indefinitely," not for inappropriately celebrating anyone's death but rather for accurately pointing out the government's attempt to portray Charlie Kirk's killer as leftist instead of far far right.
ABC has pulled Jimmy Kimmel Live! off the air "indefinitely," not for inappropriately celebrating anyone's death but rather for accurately pointing out the government's attempt to portray Charlie Kirk's killer as leftist instead of far far right.
September 17, 2025 at 11:26 PM
First Colbert, now Kimmel.
ABC has pulled Jimmy Kimmel Live! off the air "indefinitely," not for inappropriately celebrating anyone's death but rather for accurately pointing out the government's attempt to portray Charlie Kirk's killer as leftist instead of far far right.
ABC has pulled Jimmy Kimmel Live! off the air "indefinitely," not for inappropriately celebrating anyone's death but rather for accurately pointing out the government's attempt to portray Charlie Kirk's killer as leftist instead of far far right.
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Not wishing a shooting death on anyone, not even this guy.
Gun control now, tomorrow, yesterday.
Gun control now, tomorrow, yesterday.
September 10, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Not wishing a shooting death on anyone, not even this guy.
Gun control now, tomorrow, yesterday.
Gun control now, tomorrow, yesterday.
I won't watch the Charlie Kirk video because I have no bloodlust, but that level of point-blank carnage is what happens to our kids in classrooms, except with bodies that small, they are oft mutilated beyond recognition. We must end gun violence, for everyone.
www.washingtonpost.com/nation/inter...
www.washingtonpost.com/nation/inter...
Terror on repeat: A rare look at the devastation caused by AR-15 shootings
Photos, videos and personal accounts show how the AR-15 has given assailants the power to instantly turn everyday gathering places into zones of gruesome violence.
www.washingtonpost.com
September 10, 2025 at 9:02 PM
I won't watch the Charlie Kirk video because I have no bloodlust, but that level of point-blank carnage is what happens to our kids in classrooms, except with bodies that small, they are oft mutilated beyond recognition. We must end gun violence, for everyone.
www.washingtonpost.com/nation/inter...
www.washingtonpost.com/nation/inter...
I'm beyond appalled at this baffling decision, because @brezwrites.bsky.social proves his invaluable skills w/ every byline.
And he's tremendously kind. The 1st time I was laid off, he reached out w/ such heartfelt empathy even though we were strangers. One of the best, in all senses of the word.
And he's tremendously kind. The 1st time I was laid off, he reached out w/ such heartfelt empathy even though we were strangers. One of the best, in all senses of the word.
What a wonderful thing to have worked all these years for @vanityfair.com.
I can’t say it was a dream come true, only because I never would’ve dreamed this big when I was starting out.
As this article says, I’m among those being let go. Thanks to everybody who has reached out with kind words. ❤️
I can’t say it was a dream come true, only because I never would’ve dreamed this big when I was starting out.
As this article says, I’m among those being let go. Thanks to everybody who has reached out with kind words. ❤️
Vanity Fair Will Boost Focus on Core Areas Like Hollywood While Cutting Back Some Coverage, Says New Editorial Director
Vanity Fair will scale back certain areas of coverage, including shutting down The Hive, to focus on entertainment and culture, editorial director Mark Guiducci said.
variety.com
August 13, 2025 at 8:55 PM
I'm beyond appalled at this baffling decision, because @brezwrites.bsky.social proves his invaluable skills w/ every byline.
And he's tremendously kind. The 1st time I was laid off, he reached out w/ such heartfelt empathy even though we were strangers. One of the best, in all senses of the word.
And he's tremendously kind. The 1st time I was laid off, he reached out w/ such heartfelt empathy even though we were strangers. One of the best, in all senses of the word.
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My very smart former THR colleague has launched a Substack. You should subscribe!
Finally launched my Substack! This will be my sandbox for practicing self-expression and maintaining my literary and creative voice. The support of your readership is much appreciated! rebeccasun.substack.com?r=4bs44a&utm...
The Quiet Part | Rebecca Sun | Substack
Notes, musings and reasonable takes from journalist and cultural critic Rebecca Sun (former senior editor at The Hollywood Reporter). Click to read The Quiet Part, by Rebecca Sun, a Substack publicati...
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July 29, 2025 at 2:34 AM
My very smart former THR colleague has launched a Substack. You should subscribe!
🧵 We talk about normalizing radical right-wing views; not enough about radicalizing views that should be normal as "leftist."
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/09/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/09/o...
Opinion | Hollywood Is ‘Hot, Horny and White’ Again
www.nytimes.com
August 10, 2025 at 7:52 PM
🧵 We talk about normalizing radical right-wing views; not enough about radicalizing views that should be normal as "leftist."
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/09/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/09/o...
My latest Substack post exemplifies my style of cultural analysis when controversies arise -- a clear and comprehensive explainer of the situation, and the deeper issues at the heart of the conflict.
Please subscribe if you are interested in reading more!
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Please subscribe if you are interested in reading more!
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Maybe Happy Ending's Unhappy Twist
The Tony-winning musical's casting controversy exemplifies the symbiotic relationship between art and the marginalized communities who resonate with it.
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August 8, 2025 at 8:12 AM
My latest Substack post exemplifies my style of cultural analysis when controversies arise -- a clear and comprehensive explainer of the situation, and the deeper issues at the heart of the conflict.
Please subscribe if you are interested in reading more!
open.substack.com/pub/rebeccas...
Please subscribe if you are interested in reading more!
open.substack.com/pub/rebeccas...
Finally launched my Substack! This will be my sandbox for practicing self-expression and maintaining my literary and creative voice. The support of your readership is much appreciated! rebeccasun.substack.com?r=4bs44a&utm...
The Quiet Part | Rebecca Sun | Substack
Notes, musings and reasonable takes from journalist and cultural critic Rebecca Sun (former senior editor at The Hollywood Reporter). Click to read The Quiet Part, by Rebecca Sun, a Substack publicati...
rebeccasun.substack.com
July 29, 2025 at 12:19 AM
Finally launched my Substack! This will be my sandbox for practicing self-expression and maintaining my literary and creative voice. The support of your readership is much appreciated! rebeccasun.substack.com?r=4bs44a&utm...
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don’t usually do this, but felt important to capture my feelings in this moment.
July 3, 2025 at 9:33 PM
don’t usually do this, but felt important to capture my feelings in this moment.
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Always remember SALUTE!
“How do they know?” And “where did they hear it from?”
“How do they know?” And “where did they hear it from?”
June 14, 2025 at 5:07 AM
Always remember SALUTE!
“How do they know?” And “where did they hear it from?”
“How do they know?” And “where did they hear it from?”
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Our communities are on edge right now. Please do not depend on influencers and pundits for updates about what’s happening in this city. Do not add to the panic. These are important things to remember:
Always remember SALUTE!
“How do they know?” And “where did they hear it from?”
“How do they know?” And “where did they hear it from?”
June 14, 2025 at 5:14 AM
Our communities are on edge right now. Please do not depend on influencers and pundits for updates about what’s happening in this city. Do not add to the panic. These are important things to remember:
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statement from the WestLos Rapid Response Network re: rumors of nannies kidnapped at the park:
Please rely on updates from community groups on the ground. Sometimes things spread like wildfire & it’s tough to control the misinfo
Always remember to ask- where did they hear this? & how do they know?
Please rely on updates from community groups on the ground. Sometimes things spread like wildfire & it’s tough to control the misinfo
Always remember to ask- where did they hear this? & how do they know?
June 14, 2025 at 3:49 AM
statement from the WestLos Rapid Response Network re: rumors of nannies kidnapped at the park:
Please rely on updates from community groups on the ground. Sometimes things spread like wildfire & it’s tough to control the misinfo
Always remember to ask- where did they hear this? & how do they know?
Please rely on updates from community groups on the ground. Sometimes things spread like wildfire & it’s tough to control the misinfo
Always remember to ask- where did they hear this? & how do they know?